Eldridge ‘Ellie’ Fillmore, 79, retired distribution supervisor at Press Herald
The Portland resident was a devoted family man, respected union leader and devout Christian.
Photos courtesy Fillmore family
Eldridge “Ellie” Fillmore read the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram every day starting with the obituaries. He would always say, ‘They didn’t just die, they lived.”
Mr. Fillmore, a retired distribution supervisor for the newspaper who lived life to its fullest, died March 31 after a period of declining health, his family said. He was 79.
He was a respected member and former president of the Portland Newspaper Guild Local 128, joining the newspaper around 1962 and working in the mailroom.